Abstracts tagged "Minority Health"

Abstract Number: 0252 • ACR Convergence 2023
Characterizing Granulomatous Mastitis: A Retrospective, Single-Institutional Case Series of a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Cohort
Lindsay Pattison¹, Bibi Ayesha², Anand Kumthekar³, Maureen McEvoy², Beth McLellan² and Inessa Gendlina², ¹Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ²Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ³Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: Granulomatous mastitis (GM) is a rare, chronic, inflammatory breast condition characterized by granulomatous inflammation affecting mainly minority women of childbearing age. Patients present with…
Abstract Number: 0995 • ACR Convergence 2023
Rheumatoid Arthritis Early Diagnostic Clinic: A Web-based Referral Tool Serving Ethnic Minority Patients
Mercedes Quinones¹, Sharon Dowell², Ilona Jileaeva³, Oshoze Kadiri³, Christopher Swearingen⁴ and Gail Kerr⁵, ¹Washington DC VA Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, ²NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital, Jonesboro, AR, ³Howard University, Washington, DC, ⁴Biosplice Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA, ⁵Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) data indicate a "window of opportunity" during which DMARD therapy is most effective in achieving early and sustained remission, hence expedited…
Abstract Number: 1002 • ACR Convergence 2023
Optimizing Rural Rheumatology Access: Collaborative Tele-Health Clinic Between University of North Carolina and Piedmont Health 1 Year Extension and Opportunities for Improvement
Prarthana Jain¹, Eli Tiller², John Doughton³, Rumey Ishizawar⁴ and Alfredo Rivadeneira⁴, ¹University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Pittsboro, NC, ²University of North Carolina Department of Family Medicine, Piedmont Health Services, Siler City, NC, ³University of North Carolina Department of Family Medicine, Piedmont Health Services, Prospect Hill, NC, ⁴University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Access to healthcare is challenging for racial and ethnic minorities, especially in medically underserved rural areas.1 This issue is particularly prevalent in North Carolina…
Abstract Number: 1019 • ACR Convergence 2023
Association of Historical Redlining and Present-Day Neighborhood Inequities with Missed Outpatient Appointments Among Individuals with Rheumatic Conditions
Sherry Yang¹, Leah Santacroce² and Candace Feldman², ¹Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Structural racism pervades U.S. history with continued effects on health inequities. Residential segregation serves as an example, where redlining maps outlined areas with high…
Abstract Number: 1505 • ACR Convergence 2023
Long-term Safety and Efficacy of Voclosporin in Black Patients with Lupus Nephritis: Results from the AURORA 1 and AURORA 2 Studies
Gabriel Contreras¹, Matt Baker², Lucy Hodge² and Ernie Yap², ¹University of Miami Health System, Miami, FL, ²Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc., Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Black patients with lupus nephritis (LN) are reported to have more severe disease, are often refractory to treatment, and have worse long-term outcomes. Voclosporin…
Abstract Number: 1695 • ACR Convergence 2023
Single Cell Transcriptomics in Kidney Tissue from African American Patients Enrolled in the Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) Implicates Tubular Cells in the Pathogenesis of APOL1 Associated Lupus Nephritis
Philip Carlucci¹, Jasmine Shwetar², Siddarth Gurajala³, Qian Xiao³, Joseph Mears⁴, Katie Preisinger¹, Devyn Zaminski⁵, Kristina Deonaraine¹, Peter Izmirly¹, Andrea Fava⁶, Judith James⁷, Joel Guthridge⁷, Brad Rovin⁸, Sethu Madhavan⁸, Wade DeJager⁷, David Wofsy⁹, Ming Wu², Chaim Putterman¹⁰, Deepak Rao¹¹, Betty Diamond¹², Derek Fine¹³, Jose Monroy-Trujillo¹³, Kristin Haag¹⁴, H Michael Belmont⁵, William Apruzzese¹¹, Anne Davidson¹², Fernanda Payan-Schober¹⁵, Richard Furie¹⁶, Paul Hoover¹¹, Celine Berthier¹⁷, Maria Dall'Era⁹, Kerry Cho¹⁸, Diane L. Kamen¹⁹, Kenneth Kalunian²⁰, Jennifer Anolik²¹, Arnon Arazi²², Soumya Raychaudhuri¹¹, Nir Hacohen²³, Michelle Petri²⁴, Robert Clancy²⁵, Kelly Ruggles², Jill Buyon²⁵ and The Accelerating Medicines Partnership in RA/SLE²⁶, ¹New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²NYU Langone, New York, NY, ³Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Michigan University, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁸Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ⁹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁰Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ¹¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹²Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ¹³Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁴Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁵Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX, ¹⁶Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, ¹⁷University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁸UCSF Health, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²⁰University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²¹University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ²²Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Melrose, MA, ²³Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, ²⁴Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Timonium, MD, ²⁵NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²⁶Multiple, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: The G1 and G2 risk variants (RVs) in Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) associate with CKD and may contribute to poorer outcomes for African American (AA)…
Abstract Number: 2087 • ACR Convergence 2023
Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Pediatric Fellowships: Fortifying the Pipeline
Bessie Roca Loor¹, Maya Pandit², Tracey Wright³ and Mill Etienne⁴, ¹New York Medical College, Yonkers, NY, ²Columbia University, New York, NY, ³UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, ⁴New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
Background/Purpose: The 2015 American College of Rheumatology Workforce study estimated the pediatric rheumatology full-time equivalent workforce to be 300 providers while the estimated excess demand…
Abstract Number: 2088 • ACR Convergence 2023
Room for Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Adult Rheumatology Fellowship Pipeline
Bessie Roca Loor¹, Maya Pandit², Tracey Wright³ and Mill Etienne⁴, ¹New York Medical College, Yonkers, NY, ²Columbia University, New York, NY, ³UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, ⁴New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
Background/Purpose: The 2015 American College of Rheumatology Workforce study showed 8 of 1011 adult rheumatologists identified as Black, 85 Hispanic and 3 American Indian or…
Abstract Number: 2092 • ACR Convergence 2023
Feasibility and Efficacy of Culturally Appropriate Spanish Language-First Patient Education for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Daniel Hernandez¹, Julio Bravo², Juan Maya Villamizar³, Oscar Soto⁴, Angel Tapia⁵, Guillermo Valenzuela⁶, W. Benjamin Nowell⁷ and Shilpa Venkatachalam⁸, ¹Global Healthy Living Foundation, St. Johns, FL, ²Novant, Winston-Salem, NC, ³Rheumatology Center of Palm Beach, PLLC, Boca Raton, FL, ⁴Mindful Rheumatix and Medical Research Group, San Juan, PR, ⁵Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ⁶Integral Rheumatology & Immunology Specialists, Plantation, FL, ⁷Global Healthy Living Foundation, Nyack, NY, ⁸Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Spanish-speaking patients with rheumatic arthritis (RA) need RA education that is medically accurate, conversational, and engaging. Our study examined the feasibility and efficacy of…
Abstract Number: 2456 • ACR Convergence 2023
Lupus Patient Navigator Program to Improve Healthcare Barriers for Minority Patients
Samiha Karim¹, Gary Link¹, Dulaney Wilson¹, Jim Oates¹, Gary Gilkeson¹, Jasvinder Singh² and Diane L. Kamen¹, ¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Despite recent progress in diagnosis and treatment of SLE minorities continue to bear the greater burden of disease with disproportionately higher morbidity and mortality.…
Abstract Number: 0182 • ACR Convergence 2023
Impact of Neighborhood-level Child Opportunity on Disease Activity in Children with Lupus
Joyce Chang¹, Gabrielle Alonzi¹, Emily Smitherman², Pooja Patel³, Gabrielle Morgan⁴, Livie Huie⁵, Karen Costenbader⁶ and Mary Beth Son⁷, ¹Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁴Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham, Gardendale, AL, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁷Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Racial disparities in outcomes of pediatric SLE (pSLE) have persisted over time. This may be mediated by structural racism, which segregates children belonging to…
Abstract Number: 0192 • ACR Convergence 2023
Demographic and Clinical Factors That Contribute to Clinical Study Enrollment in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Sean Inzerillo¹, Noa Schwartz², Leila Khalili¹, Wai Yan April Fu², Wei Tang¹, Laura Geraldino-Pardilla¹, Yevgeniya Gartshteyn³, Nancyanne Schmidt¹, Peter Izmirly⁴ and Anca Askanase⁵, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Division of Rheumatology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, ³Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NJ, ⁴New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Participation in clinical trials is part of treatment for many patients with chronic diseases. However, patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), especially those of…
Abstract Number: 0120 • ACR Convergence 2022
Epstein Barr Virus Reactivation in Native American Rheumatic Disease Patients Is Associated with Systemic Disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis but Not Other Rheumatic Diseases
Carla J. Guthridge¹, Catriona Wagner², Sohail Khan³, Michael Peercy⁴, Bobby Saunkeah⁴, Joel Guthridge¹ and Judith James¹, ¹Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Santa Cruz, CA, ³Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, OK, ⁴Chickasaw Nation, Ada, OK
Background/Purpose: EBV infection is associated with autoantibody development in the preclinical period of rheumatic diseases, such as SLE and RA. Furthermore, EBV reactivation, characterized by…
Abstract Number: 0181 • ACR Convergence 2022
Patient Perspective of Unique Support and Education Needs of Latinx/Latino(a)/Hispanic Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Implications for a Culturally Tailored and Disease Specific Intervention
Anna Balakrishnan¹, Adena Batterman¹, Daniel Hernandez², Angel Tapia³, Joan Westreich¹, Roberta Horton¹ and Theodore Fields¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Global Healthy Living Foundation, Nyack, NY, ³Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY
Background/Purpose: Health disparities for Latinx RA patients, including higher pain, fatigue, disability, and risk for depression are well documented.1, 2, 3, 4 Support and education…
Abstract Number: 0188 • ACR Convergence 2022
COVID-19 and Autoimmune Rheumatic Patients: Behavioral Changes Adopted by Patients in the Midst of the Pandemic
Dzifa Dey¹, Bright Katso², Saudatu Issaka², Derrick Nyame³ and Patrick Adjei¹, ¹University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana, ²Rheumatology Unit Korle bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana, ³Korle bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana
Background/Purpose: Several changes following the COVID-19 pandemic have emerged globally regarding the delivery of healthcare services. Giving concerns that, patients with Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease (AIRD)…

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